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Have you ever wondered if we’ve been visited by aliens in our ancient past, whether we really landed on the Moon, or whether we’re all actually living in a computer simulation? Unfortunately, we’ve been sworn to secrecy by our reptilian overlords from Zeta Reticuli so we can’t answer those specific questions, but we can bring you the latest insight into bleeding edge scientific research, advancements in computing, and fact checks of popular conspiracy theories.Read more »

Have you ever wondered if we’ve been visited by aliens in our ancient past, whether we really landed on the Moon, or whether we’re all actually living in a computer simulation? Unfortunately, we’ve been sworn to secrecy by our reptilian overlords from Zeta Reticuli so we can’t answer those specific questions, but we can bring you the latest insight into bleeding edge scientific research, advancements in computing, and fact checks of popular conspiracy theories.Read Less

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WoWT Podcast 011: How To Live Forever, Maybe

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Life is short, relatively speaking. Human life expectancy in the industrialized world today is just a notch over 80 and as low as 66 in developing nations, while the oldest person whose birth date we can confirm died at just over 122 years old. And since the dawn of civilization, a whole lot of people wanted to push those numbers way higher, trying everything from magical spells, to mercury cocktails, to strategic diets, to experimental supplements. But why hasn’t it worked? What’s the longest theoretical lifespan humans could actually have? And what would we need to do to actually have a shot at living for hundreds or thousands of years?

Life is short, relatively speaking. Human life expectancy in the industrialized world today is just a notch over 80 and as low as 66 in developing nations, while the oldest person whose birth date we can confirm died at just over 122 years old. And since the dawn of civilization, a whole lot of people wanted to push those numbers way higher, trying everything from magical spells, to mercury cocktails, to strategic diets, to experimental supplements. But why hasn’t it worked? What’s the longest theoretical lifespan humans could actually have? And what would we need to do to actually have a shot at living for hundreds or thousands of years?